Movies like The Dark Half
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The Dark Half (1993)
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Thad Beaumont is the author of a highly successful series of violent pulp thrillers written under the pseudonym of ‘George Stark’, but when he decides to ‘kill-off’ his alter-ego in a mock ceremony, it precipitates a string of sadistic murders matching those in his pulp novels, which are soon discovered to be the work of Stark himself. Looking like a maniacal version of his counterpart, Stark is not so willing to quit the writing game – even if it means coming after Thad's wife and their baby.
Style:
creepy, psychological, disturbing, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, suspense, splatter, horrifying, scary ...
Plot:
alter ego, book, stephen king, doppelganger, writers, supernatural, lookalikes, twins, murder, bird, animal attack, dual role, husband wife relationship, dream, life philosophy, mental disorder, investigation, supernatural ability, evil twin, serial killer, supernatural power, brain tumor, bird attack, cat, police ...
Time:
90s
Place:
maine, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Most similar movies to The Dark Half
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, scary, serious and psychological films with plots about supernatural, deadly, murder, danger, ghost, death and blood mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Dark Half: Riding the Bullet (2004), The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003), Sinister (2012), Stir of Echoes (1999), The Night Flier (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Set in 1969, Alan Parker (Jackson) is a young artist, studying at the University of Maine. He becomes obsessed with death, and believing he is losing his girlfriend, Jessica (Christensen), he tries to commit suicide on his birthday but his friends ...
Style:
scary, suspense, psychological, talky, intense ...
Plot:
stephen king, halloween, macabre, hitchhiking, on the road, ghost, death, brutality, hitchhiker, life & death, road trip, psychopath ...
Time:
year 1969, year 2004, 60s
Place:
maine, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Set at the turn of the century, this is the tale of Ellen Rimbauer who just received this mysterious mansion as a wedding gift from her new husband...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, serious, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot:
stephen king, ghost, haunted house, losing-it hero, woman in danger, family problems, mansion, infidelity, supernatural, dangerous attraction, mysterious character, supernatural ability ...
Time:
1900s
Place:
washington state, seattle, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
Style:
scary, creepy, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, fear, supernatural horror, murder, danger, occult, evil force, writer's life, surprising revelation, family in danger ...
Time:
2010s, year 2000, year 1966, year 1986, year 1979 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, sacramento california, california, missouri ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After being hypnotized by his sister in law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.
Style:
psychological, sexy, twist ending, dark, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, hypnosis, murder, afterlife, supernatural, murder mystery, haunted, psychic, supernatural horror, paranoia, disappearance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1999
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two investigative reporters for a tabloid magazine track down across country "The Night Flier", a serial killer who travels by private plane stalking victims in rural airports. One of the reporters, Richard Dees, begins to suspect that ...
Style:
scary, suspense, splatter, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot:
vampire, reporter, stephen king, supernatural, airplane, evil wins, professional rivalry, airport, investigation, monster, serial killer, macabre ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york state, maryland
Similarity:
100%
99K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
supernatural, evil child, demon, supernatural horror, social worker, creepy child, child abuse, macabre, twists and turns, uncover truth, mysterious character, mental institution ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
30%
124K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) comes to, only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband -- but she has no memory ...
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, psychological thriller, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mental institution, serial killer, murder, mental illness, mind game, supernatural, insanity, investigation, psychiatrist, supernatural horror, rape, violence against women ...
Time:
year 2003, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, new hampshire
Similarity:
30%
220K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
psychology, twists and turns, insanity, split personality, stephen king, isolation, losing-it hero, obsession, plot twist, haunted house, macabre, writer's life ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mississippi, usa, tennessee, new york state
Similarity:
29%
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156K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple ...
Style:
slasher, scary, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
home invasion, survival, serial killer, masked killer, murder, hostage, brutality, blood, masked man, violence, masked villain, killer ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Willful young Jennifer Cassi travels to South America to claim the inheritance of her recently deceased twin sister Johanna's house. While there Jennifer must contend with her eccentric grandmother Mary Ellen Cassi, who has damned the family ...
Style:
scary, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
twins, mysterious character, ghost, woman in danger, supernatural, dangerous attraction, curses spells and rituals, gory, secret, pursuit, serial killer, death of sister ...
Place:
argentina, latin america, south america
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
In the sleepy small town of Dudley, Ohio, a terrifying future awaits. Laura is almost raped by a normal lawyer who appears to have gone crazy. When her boyfriend, Jack Walther saves her by running him over with her car, the cops don't buy the ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, scary ...
Plot:
possession, danger, isolation, rivalry, supernatural, small town, survival, murder, violence, ghost, pregnancy, deadly creature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, ohio
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On a arctic circle radio shack, an ancient evil lurks, ready to strike at a psychologist, an army man and their collective forces.
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, independent film, rough ...
Plot:
stephen king, escape, investigation, danger, supernatural, gory, winter, murder, snow, military officer, survival, disorder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
antarctica
Similarity:
28%
55K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
Style:
tense, natural horror, scary, serious, creepy ...
Plot:
dog, rabies, macabre, dangerous animal, stephen king, boy, child in peril, brutality, death, animal attack, monster, killer dog ...
Time:
80s
Place:
maine
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A girl called Hannah goes back to her hometown (Gatlin) to find out who her mother but on the way she picks up a strange man who fore-shadows her life with a passage from the bible. When she gets there she wakes up Isaac from a coma he has been in ...
Style:
slasher, saga, classic horror, pastoral, cult horror ...
Plot:
stephen king, evil child, killer child, teenager, suicide, machete, coma, religion, creepy kid, occult, faith, bad kids ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nebraska, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Bruiser is the story of a man who has always tried to fit in. He keeps his mouth shut, follows the rules, and does what he's supposed to do. But one morning, he wakes up to find his face is gone. All the years of acquiescence have cost him the ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
masked killer, murder, revenge, male pubic hair, male nudity, investigation, infidelity, hidden identity, haunted by the past, betrayal, husband wife relationship, vengeance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
27%
53K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Criminal on the run, Marion Crane takes refuge at the motel operated by Norman Bates - a troubled man whose victims encounter a grisly fate at the hands of his "mother." Marion soon becomes the next victim and her disappearance prompts ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, slasher, psychological, bleak ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
motel, psychopath, split personality, murder, hotel, psycho, murder of a nude woman, eccentric family, isolation, parents and children, serial killer, mental disorder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, arizona
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The American successful architect Michael Lewis travels to London with his partner and friend, the builder Jake, to refurbish an old hotel. Michael is having successive nightmares, and once in London, he realizes that twenty-one spirits are trying ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, scary ...
Plot:
afterlife, serial killer, ghost, who done it, architect, supernatural, haunted by the past, law enforcement, mind game, supernatural ability, investigation, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman once possessed by a mysterious entity uncovers a shocking secret about her past and must face the demon that is lurking inside of her.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, curse, curses spells and rituals, danger, small town, human host, showdown, evil, murder, ghost, paranormal, possession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, gothic, lovecraft ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
small town, insanity, supernatural horror, book, paranoia, ghost town, investigation, hallucination, gory, novelist, writers, american horror ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, distant future
Place:
new england, new hampshire, manhattan new york city, england, europe ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, psychological, cult horror ...
Plot:
stephen king, serial killer, dark secret, danger, couples, marriage, husband wife relationship, murder, family problems, uncover truth, crumbling marriage, life turned upside down ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After being released, a reformed serial killer moves into his family's ancestral estate and is haunted by his past -- both the living and the dead.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, brutal ...
Plot:
macabre, psychopath, serial killer, murder, danger, brutality, fear, loneliness, teenage boy, twists and turns, trauma, childhood trauma ...
Similarity:
27%
39K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.
Style:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, fairy tale ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural horror, murder, psychiatrist, twists and turns, doctors and patients, split personality, voodoo, child in peril, witch doctor, demon, female psychiatrist ...
Time:
year 2000, 80s, 2000s, 1910s, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In 1988, evil begins to terrorize young sisters Katie and Kristi for the first time when an invisible entity resides in their home.
Style:
creepy, demonic, tense, suspenseful, horrifying ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, macabre, paranormal activity, found footage, haunted house, supernatural horror, haunting, paranormal phenomena, demon, child in peril, monster, haunted ...
Time:
80s, year 2011, 2010s, year 2000, year 1988 ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two families go to an open house and can't leave
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, creepy ...
Plot:
family in danger, supernatural, survival, captivity, rivalry, girl, confined space, ghost, strong violent content, uninhibited rivalry, danger, haunted house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
108K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find ...
Style:
scary, twist ending, gothic, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
ghost, doll, ventriloquist, macabre, small town, clown, investigation, supernatural horror, puppet, supernatural, plot twist, danger ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Trevor Blackburn is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Faith, in a brutal ritual. He's sentenced to live in an experimental rehabilitation community and falls into a coma. When he wakes up, he meets the mysterious Dr. Elk, who tortures Trevor ...
Style:
rough, disturbing, psychological, lovecraft, horror comedy ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, murder, dark humor, mental institution, surgery, psychopath, supernatural, mind game, mad scientist, danger, mentally unstable, supernatural ability ...
Similarity:
26%
123K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with "minor" problems. At ...
Style:
scary, tense, frightening, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, macabre, stephen king, indian burial ground, supernatural horror, grave robbing, killer child, cemetery, back from the dead, death, creepy child, ghost ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
maine, usa, chicago, new england
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The sequel is set just weeks after Annie Barlow's deadly confrontation with the Judas Killer. In this elevated sequel, we meet June, a woman whose carefully constructed life is beginning to unravel due to lucid nightmares so awful they disturb ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot:
ghost, woman, supernatural, haunted by the past, woman in danger, danger, violence, haunted, home invasion, serial killer, haunted house, macabre ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Twenty five years ago, the SS Corona Queen disappeared in the region known as, "The Bermuda Triangle". Now, it has returned. Seven people go on board to learn the truth behind her disappearance but the ship did not return alone...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
bermuda triangle, ghost, cruise ship, afterlife, ghost ship, danger, investigation, supernatural ability, obsession, disaster, ocean, rescue ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A remake of the 1959 film of the same name. A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.
Style:
scary, slasher, gothic, serious, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, supernatural horror, gory, mental institution, survival, danger, haunted by the past, murder, ghost, evil spirit, isolation ...
Time:
90s, 1930s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
26%
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